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The QC, Vol. 85, No. 08 • October 29, 1998

1998_10_29_p001

uaker
October 29,1998
ampus
COLLEGE
■ Getty and
Willing
Our sneak peak
at the Getty
museum's
exclusive Man
Ray exhibit.
SPORT
■ Stag
Party
The latest victim
of Marcel Desir
and Poet football: the CMS
Stags.
The Voice Of The Campus Since 1914
OPINION TOPIC
mo HOURS!
Are the library, computer center,
C.I. and more never open when
they should be? Or are students
just irresponsible?
CAMP
■ Dress
Code
For everyone
who's left their
costume planning
to the last minute,
we provide this
helpful guide.
Asian Studies Program Being Considered by Faculty
■ CURRICULUM
by Liz Valsamis
QC News Editor
A proposal for an Asian Studies discipline is undergoing faculty consideration
and will be decided upon at the next faculty
meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 3.
It is the hope of the Ad Hoc Asian
Studies Committee—which drafted the proposal—that it will be accepted and become
part ofthe fall '99 curriculum, according to
chair ofthe committee Professor of History
Robert Marks.
"An Asian Study major is needed. It is
a good thing to do," Marks said. "We have
the resources necessary, and I see a large
amount of faculty and student support and
interest."
Robert Marks.
The requirements necessary for the program, as outlined by the committee's proposal, already exist in the College's current
curriculum, with the exception of an Indian
History Course, which would be taught by
an adjunct professor.
The budget needed for this major would
be relatively small, Marks said.
According to Provost and Dean of Faculty Richard Millman, the money for some
faculty positions is currently included in
the budget. However, Millman raised some
questions on whether to make some existing positions, tenured track or nontenured
track positions,such as the Chinese Language position.
Millman said, "I would like to see the
Chinese language track become a tenured
track position; [however], that will require
conversation and recommendation from
[the Educational Policies Committee]
E.P.C., which then recommends to the
dean."
The committee has spent the past two
years deciding what the Asian studies curriculum would entail. It was through
ASIANetwork, a group of liberal arts colleges dedicated to strengthening the Asian
Studies discipline on college campuses,
that the committee was able to obtain a
$5,000 grant.
The grant money was used to bring in
two outside professors with expertise in the
discipline.
The two professors—professor Sam
Yamashita of Pomona College and Ed
Clausen of the University of Arizona—
determined that Whittier has the capabilities to establish Asian Studies program.
The proposal put together by the committee has been revised over eight times.
"Early this fall we thought we had as much
See CURRICULUM page 6
Farmer to Retire After 35 Years
■ FACULTY
by Willam Michael Schmidli
QC Assoc. A&E Editor
After 35 years of service to the
English Department, Associate
Professor of English Ann Farmer
is preparing to pack up the books,
rubber stamps and cat momentos
that adorn her office, as she plans
to retire at the end of the Spring
emester.
Farmer, who recently finished
co-authoring an annotated bibliography of Quaker author Jessa-
myn West, does not plan to have
an idyllic retirement. Besides a
multitude of hobbies, she expects
to be active in numerous local
organization and to maintain communication with the faculty and
students at Whittier.
Farmer attended Whittier College as an undergraduate in the
mid-1950s. "I was lucky enough
to have some of the all time great
instructors," she says proudly, citing Harry Nerhood, Albert Upton
and Charles Cooper as examples.
In the 40-odd years since Farmer's graduation, the College has
undergone a variety of changes,
from the construction of new
dorms to an increase in petty theft.
The increase in tuition is an extreme example of the changing
times. Farmer remembers when it
cost $250 per semester. "Obvi-
Ann Farmer.
ously everything is more expensive now," she explained, "but
the proportion of one's salary that
one had to spend on tuition was
significantly less."
After graduating from Whittier College, she worked on freelance editorial projects for various professors until becoming a
professor's assistant in 1960.
Three years later she became a
full member ofthe faculty. Farmer quickly became a key component of the Whittier English program.
Over the course of three and a
half decades, Farmer has worked
to provide a positive learning environment and to uphold Whittier's honor and integrity, according to Professor of English William Geiger. "She is a very principled person," Geiger said. "[She]
always makes' certain to live up to
that sense of integrity we all wish
to have." Geiger described Farmer as a "very strict but very fair"
individual willing to stand up for
her beliefs.
Farmer's retirementcoincides
with the publication of her latest
endeavor, an annotated bibliography on Jessamyn West, a Quaker
author and Whittier graduate.
West, who attended Whittier as a
student in the 1920s and as a teacher in the 1970s, no the only individual to receive two honorary
degrees from the College.
Farmer has mixed emotions
about leaving her station in the
English Department.
"I have so many things I want
to do that I don't have time for
nine months of out of the year,"
Farmer said. "[But] it wasn't easy
because I love what I do."
Reading, craft making, family _ obligations, and maintaining
correspondence with friends will
keep Farmer far from being idle
after her retirement.
She is also a member of numerous local organizations, such
as the Whittier Museum, the Whittier Art Gallery,and Habitat for
Humanity. Farmer's time will be
further occupied by her four pet
cats.
Throughout her career, Farmer has tried to improve the College
through, in the words of Geiger,
"the steadfast, loyal, devoted effort she's given to the [English]
department's programs.
CjCt 2l drip
Student Union Building Receives
New Silver Railin
to
You knew what they say—every Student U nion Building has a silver railing. The Student Union's black
railing was replaced and sparks fle.t as workers
installed the new railing on Wednesday afternoon,
ISSUE 8 • VOLUME 85

uaker
October 29,1998
ampus
COLLEGE
■ Getty and
Willing
Our sneak peak
at the Getty
museum's
exclusive Man
Ray exhibit.
SPORT
■ Stag
Party
The latest victim
of Marcel Desir
and Poet football: the CMS
Stags.
The Voice Of The Campus Since 1914
OPINION TOPIC
mo HOURS!
Are the library, computer center,
C.I. and more never open when
they should be? Or are students
just irresponsible?
CAMP
■ Dress
Code
For everyone
who's left their
costume planning
to the last minute,
we provide this
helpful guide.
Asian Studies Program Being Considered by Faculty
■ CURRICULUM
by Liz Valsamis
QC News Editor
A proposal for an Asian Studies discipline is undergoing faculty consideration
and will be decided upon at the next faculty
meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 3.
It is the hope of the Ad Hoc Asian
Studies Committee—which drafted the proposal—that it will be accepted and become
part ofthe fall '99 curriculum, according to
chair ofthe committee Professor of History
Robert Marks.
"An Asian Study major is needed. It is
a good thing to do," Marks said. "We have
the resources necessary, and I see a large
amount of faculty and student support and
interest."
Robert Marks.
The requirements necessary for the program, as outlined by the committee's proposal, already exist in the College's current
curriculum, with the exception of an Indian
History Course, which would be taught by
an adjunct professor.
The budget needed for this major would
be relatively small, Marks said.
According to Provost and Dean of Faculty Richard Millman, the money for some
faculty positions is currently included in
the budget. However, Millman raised some
questions on whether to make some existing positions, tenured track or nontenured
track positions,such as the Chinese Language position.
Millman said, "I would like to see the
Chinese language track become a tenured
track position; [however], that will require
conversation and recommendation from
[the Educational Policies Committee]
E.P.C., which then recommends to the
dean."
The committee has spent the past two
years deciding what the Asian studies curriculum would entail. It was through
ASIANetwork, a group of liberal arts colleges dedicated to strengthening the Asian
Studies discipline on college campuses,
that the committee was able to obtain a
$5,000 grant.
The grant money was used to bring in
two outside professors with expertise in the
discipline.
The two professors—professor Sam
Yamashita of Pomona College and Ed
Clausen of the University of Arizona—
determined that Whittier has the capabilities to establish Asian Studies program.
The proposal put together by the committee has been revised over eight times.
"Early this fall we thought we had as much
See CURRICULUM page 6
Farmer to Retire After 35 Years
■ FACULTY
by Willam Michael Schmidli
QC Assoc. A&E Editor
After 35 years of service to the
English Department, Associate
Professor of English Ann Farmer
is preparing to pack up the books,
rubber stamps and cat momentos
that adorn her office, as she plans
to retire at the end of the Spring
emester.
Farmer, who recently finished
co-authoring an annotated bibliography of Quaker author Jessa-
myn West, does not plan to have
an idyllic retirement. Besides a
multitude of hobbies, she expects
to be active in numerous local
organization and to maintain communication with the faculty and
students at Whittier.
Farmer attended Whittier College as an undergraduate in the
mid-1950s. "I was lucky enough
to have some of the all time great
instructors," she says proudly, citing Harry Nerhood, Albert Upton
and Charles Cooper as examples.
In the 40-odd years since Farmer's graduation, the College has
undergone a variety of changes,
from the construction of new
dorms to an increase in petty theft.
The increase in tuition is an extreme example of the changing
times. Farmer remembers when it
cost $250 per semester. "Obvi-
Ann Farmer.
ously everything is more expensive now," she explained, "but
the proportion of one's salary that
one had to spend on tuition was
significantly less."
After graduating from Whittier College, she worked on freelance editorial projects for various professors until becoming a
professor's assistant in 1960.
Three years later she became a
full member ofthe faculty. Farmer quickly became a key component of the Whittier English program.
Over the course of three and a
half decades, Farmer has worked
to provide a positive learning environment and to uphold Whittier's honor and integrity, according to Professor of English William Geiger. "She is a very principled person," Geiger said. "[She]
always makes' certain to live up to
that sense of integrity we all wish
to have." Geiger described Farmer as a "very strict but very fair"
individual willing to stand up for
her beliefs.
Farmer's retirementcoincides
with the publication of her latest
endeavor, an annotated bibliography on Jessamyn West, a Quaker
author and Whittier graduate.
West, who attended Whittier as a
student in the 1920s and as a teacher in the 1970s, no the only individual to receive two honorary
degrees from the College.
Farmer has mixed emotions
about leaving her station in the
English Department.
"I have so many things I want
to do that I don't have time for
nine months of out of the year,"
Farmer said. "[But] it wasn't easy
because I love what I do."
Reading, craft making, family _ obligations, and maintaining
correspondence with friends will
keep Farmer far from being idle
after her retirement.
She is also a member of numerous local organizations, such
as the Whittier Museum, the Whittier Art Gallery,and Habitat for
Humanity. Farmer's time will be
further occupied by her four pet
cats.
Throughout her career, Farmer has tried to improve the College
through, in the words of Geiger,
"the steadfast, loyal, devoted effort she's given to the [English]
department's programs.
CjCt 2l drip
Student Union Building Receives
New Silver Railin
to
You knew what they say—every Student U nion Building has a silver railing. The Student Union's black
railing was replaced and sparks fle.t as workers
installed the new railing on Wednesday afternoon,
ISSUE 8 • VOLUME 85